| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 13, 1981 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63602 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 96 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Willard Harrell 62 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 4 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 47 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Theotis Brown 11 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 32 FG | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 25 FG | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 24 FG | 17 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | John Floyd |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 80 | TE | Chris Combs |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 33 | RB | Theotis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 69 | RDE | Rush Brown |
| 59 | LOLB | Calvin Favron |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 52 | ROLB | Charlie Baker |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 44 | RCB | Tim Collier |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 52 | C | Robert Shaw |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 59 | LLB | Guy Brown |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 45 | LCB | Steve Wilson |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 31 | FS | Benny Barnes |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 11t | 1 |
| Neil Lomax | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 16 | 129 | 8.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 11 | 3 |
| James Jones | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 41 | 14 | 34.1 | 2 | 295 | 7.2 | 62t | 1 | 4 | 33 | 48.3 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 1 | 240 | 8.3 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 82.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chris Combs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg LaFleur | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Floyd | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Greene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Charlie Baker | 2.0 |
| Stafford Mays | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Larry Bethea | 2.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 1.0 |
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